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March 13, 2026 at 08:27 UTC
Authorities Disrupt SocksEscort Proxy Service Powered by AVrecon Botnet
By Eduard Kovacs
AI Summary
US and European law enforcement agencies disrupted the SocksEscort proxy service powered by the AVrecon botnet, which has compromised 360,000 devices since 2020. The cybercrime service provided anonymization infrastructure used by threat actors to hide their activities and evade detection.
Relevance score: 88.0/100
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